Places that matter and places that don't: territorial revenge and counter-revenge in Poland

Adamiak, Czeslaw, Rodriguez-Pose, Andres ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856, Churski, Pawel, Dubownik, Anna, Pietrzykowski, Maciej, Szyda, Barbara and Rosik, Piotr (2024) Places that matter and places that don't: territorial revenge and counter-revenge in Poland. Territory, Politics, Governance. ISSN 2162-2671

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Abstract

This article examines the persistence of territorial inequality and the challenges posed by growing geographic political polarisation, using Poland as a compelling case study. In 2015, the anti-elite and Eurosceptic PiS party came to power, holding it for eight years before losing to a broad coalition of liberal, centrist, and left-wing parties. We study the geography of this political shift by analysing parliamentary election results from 2011 to 2023 against the backdrop of growing regional socio-economic divides. Our findings reveal that the support base of the PiS gradually expanded in areas characterised by multidimensional peripherality, aligning with the theory of the ‘revenge of places that do not matter’. Meanwhile, the recent victory of the liberal coalition can be attributed to the political mobilisation of prosperous core areas – a ‘counter-revenge of places that matter’ – which has further intensified the geography of political polarisation in Poland.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R58 - Regional Development Policy
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2025 11:21
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2025 13:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126536

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